Mr. Paul J. Stefanik

Bob-0: the Future is Static Mr. Paul J. Stefanik

Is it more important to know where you're going, or understand where you've been? Sometimes when we look at politics, or just at the way the world is being run, we have to just shake our collective heads, because things seem entirely senseless. Events seem illogical, skewed, and destined to keep the world mired in chaos. The widening gap between social classes, the influence of the elites upon world policy, countries that commit grievous human rights violations yet still receive aid from wealthier nations, none of this makes sense in a world where the majority of people are fairly rational and kind. Well, what if that was by design? What if there were an agency devoted to ensuring the disparity and conflict continued? What if that agency was secretly funded by our own government? And what if that agency was wrapped up with other realms, like eugenics, psychic phenomena, religious extremism and sociological controls? And finally, if you knew what was going on and could change it, but at the expense of your own life, would you? Bob-0 and Maury are psychics, chained since birth to the Crown, an agency that works to erode human rights and further empower those already in the upper echelons. Maury is possibly the only person who sees the true purpose of their endeavors but lacks the ability to openly oppose his masters. His friend, Bob-0, believes he is also trapped. He suffers life-stalling migraines and thinks that only the researchers at the Crown can find a remedy. Then there's Erin. Since she was a young girl she's had the ability to read minds, but has sought to suppress it and try to live in a world where such things aren?t acceptable. After her ability fractures every relationship in her life she starts to wonder if there's any way she can make peace with the truth of what she truly is. She learns of the Crown and is drawn in, but doesn't suspect the true motives of the Machiavellian establishment she's lured into. How long before the veneer slips, and will she be able to get away when that time comes? Bob-0 is part denouncement of politics, part conspiracy theory and, deep within its core, the story of one man trying to understand the value of truth in a world which would prefer to remain oblivious.